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View fullsize Incredible experience working at Bristol Southmead’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit the past few weeks with filmmaker and photographer @giuliodisturco . Many thanks to Dr. @charles_roehr and the whole team for having us. The level of professional
View fullsize These seemingly commonplace birds are actually very colourful, and increasingly less common. Their sonic prowess is something to behold too. We felt lucky to have starlings nest and roost year on year in the eaves of our previous house. Adding anothe
View fullsize A sound recorder recording a film projector that produces sound by the friction of the film looping around a wire. It’s all very meta*. Photo taken at the filming of Rosa Barba’s Voice Engine exhibition and performance at Rotterdam&rsqu
View fullsize @juliebrookstudio and her sound team. I love this picture, taken at the opening of her exhibition “What is it That Will Last?” at Pangolin London, which runs until June 30th 2024. Julie will be giving a talk at Kings Place tomorrow June
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View fullsize Celebrating this beautiful collaboration with @harrypriceprojects, which premiered back in March on @directorsnotes. Really proud of this. LIMPET explores the disorienting complexities of navigating dependent relationships. With Sound we experimente
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View fullsize Happy (belated) World Curlew Day! Always a little late to these things. Today is Earth Day, as you might have heard. Still, some appreciation for these wonderful waders facing huge challenges is never amiss. Here’s to the Curlews and to all the
View fullsize Happy World Frog Day to all our amphibian friends ๐Ÿธ โžก๏ธโžก๏ธ Sound on and ๐Ÿ†™ for slide 5 March 20th is World Frog Day, which was created in 2009 to increase awareness of the plight of threatened frog species around the world. All amphibians, including
View fullsize I find networking painful. HOWEVER, once you get into the groove you understand everyone is in the same boat, and it becomes quite enjoyable. Note to self: at the next occasion, just say something, whatever. There will be a response. Take it from the
View fullsize Lift off! This is the next morning (from last post), when the starlings leave their roosting site. Its equally as epic if not more. First its silent - a timid chorus at this time of year-then the starlings start to chatter. Suddenly there is a build
View fullsize This was spectacular beyond what I could have imagined. The starling murmuration at the Avalon Marshes in Somerset. Hundreds of thousands of birds coming to roost on the reed beds. The numbers are hard to comprehend. We were quite the crowd of humans
View fullsize What a night! Still buzzing from the opening night of Never Known by Joshua Junker @joshjjj at the Royal Opera House. Huge congratulations to all involved, and a heartfelt thank you to Joshua for gifting us the chance to create Sound for his work.
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View fullsize Premiering next week (15 Feb) at the @royaloperahouse ! Inspiring new choreographic work by Joshua Junker @joshjjj , which we had the pleasure of composing sound for. Feeling hugely excited and grateful for this. If you are in London go check it ou
View fullsize Wishing you all the best start to 2024! #fieldrecording #peaceandlove
View fullsize Surveying our local river for the @theriverstrust #bigriverwatch #thebigriverwatch #worldriversday
View fullsize Lovely morning on the Avon. #underwatersound #fieldrecording #soundarkstudios
View fullsize Silent Roar (written & directed by Johnny Barrington) is out in the world! Here’s some pics of the World Premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Always a treat to attend such events. Thanks to @edfilmfest and to the audience
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